New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-24
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THE TALK OF THE DAY.

II "a surnrIsinp Tho Arizona Citizen, thinks that
Wells Fargo & Co. do not keep hounds to AID In
running the robbers of It's treasures down. Ii these
dogs were kept and properly handled not one robber
ir fifty, 1t says would be able tI escape instead Oh
paying hgh-priced detectives who, as rule accom-
plsh nothing few we'll broken dogs should be keps
at convenient places RObbe les would then become
less frequent and perhaps cease altogether "Tho
Citizen" 10 gr, however, that this is the ninctssnth
century, not the ninth.
Hard Csse.-Nubbs-Dub6s called ne liar this
Bulbs We'll what did you d.
| NJ haven't dcro any thng yet.
| B-Well, what are you going to dol
N-Thats Just the question You see have been
up at IT, lakes for couple Of weeks and While was
| how many trout had caught The party was with
came homo this morning and Dubbs had talk with
B-Of course I see. It's mighty hard case but
under the circumstances think you had better let
N. with deep slgh)-I guess I will have to-
| Boston Courier
| Near Americas, Ca, lives Artemus Tucker and his
wife NarcIssa Artemus is eighty years old. Seven
teen years ago his then vito gave him Narcssa tho
present object Of his affections His first wife lives
with them and does their cooking and
wahlng She declares that sho makes
more as housekeeper than wife, Mar
cissa Is sixty years old and tips tho beam at 400
pounds. while Artemus weighs only nlnety-fve. Re
Gently railroad built their place and Mar.
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take trip TO town. so fiat car was placed at her
"a posal.
A Way He Had: -Judkins-Smth Is q good fellow
and has very taking way.
Gray-COnfouDd his taking way. Here Il Is rain
Ing and ho has walked of with my umbrella
T. eatrical notice In The Two Republics C1exico)
Tho Father Of tho Six Monkeys the Prophet of
penon Is the title OF new zaIzuela to be given al
the National Tonight.
Little Rock. Ark. boasts Of a seven-week old pick.
WI nab u
mo alone" "put out the light" etc. Arkansas also
has an old turtle which doesn't move when q live
coal placed Oh Its back II Senator Harris Is to bo
believed. Truly, wonderful State.
magazine devoted to spelling reform says:
When peopl becum accustonld to the attire
Oh sum familiar words they vii more really assent
to more and moro changes" Don't believ we'd
se spou . cTd e"n fur a. and haS S h S
let ou othografy alone. 1t Is tn aie tn max nu
deparurs Of this caractr-tNorrstown Herald.
The Ute Indians and the Reading Railroad Company
have both Of them Colorow their hands.
President Cleveland should now write one Of his
breezy and characteristic letters Prince Ferdinand
Judging from hi recent bi let TO Queen Victoria he
would commence " Dear Prince-I now sit down aud
cake my pen In hand etc. etctNebraSka State Jour-
nal
Astronomers that Mercury is nearer the earth
this season than 1t has boon for many years. This
of cour-e, does not refer to the mercury in ther-
mometers. whl'h has been making desperate efforts
10 got "rther away from tho earth than It has been
for many years.
"Aw who Is that largo man with tho rcvoIverp
asked young ea-tcrn man. In q mining town
"" iS , DIR ,nroPodist"
eyes he a,es up tender feet "-(Washington Critic
company Of coIored actor. ara qc.ressa. 4,
giving "Richard III" In Chicago "What blacb
magician conjured up this soenel" We would like to
know.
II does not pay to tell the truth In New.York a
Two men wor Ing near the boy arrested by the
lOllce on account Of somo suspicious crcumstance
about the bCy death vSea ' tS up hoSe8er
ono OF them said he saw man WHOM the
knock him on the ROOT Then the man who A sw s,
be- knew nothing was released and the man who
tlon for wines. Nashville American
Conductor Third Avenue E'evsted-so many per-
are In tho country now that travellers the
morning downtown trains sometimes find seats
In tho rear car as far down as Ffty-ninth-st
SUI crintendent-Thls must be looked to- Standing
room IL too valuable to be wasted Hereafter We
VIII on'y four-car trains II this doesn't cure
the evil we Will make the trips at longer intervals.
New-Yorh woman sod her husband to another |
woman for $4,000, while western husbands are duh |
this cursed Interstate Commerce iaw!-Peoria Tran
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y. Y..c and II. r.: II. Chauney NJ, Dcpcw va:
presented to II. II. II. Albeit Edward, Prince VI
wales, at week. When It comes to trying titles.
the raiiioad American seems TO DO several laps
ahead OF ROYALTY. -SpHncfeld Uni)u.
A religious weekly recently spent much time In
discussing how to bring young into the church"
Tho girls know how to do that much better than the
editors.
"can man open his wItcs letters :" asks an cx.
change. After he has carried one In his pocket until /
N L. reduced TO cOfercoOred undcciphersbe rnr'-
"s'tv. he might just as well "a TO have those dead
i~tnr once fellows plying into family secrets~
burlington Free Press
Tho Cherokee Nation has Just closed an exciting
Presidential campaign. In viii Mr.. BuShyhead heat
Mr.. Bunch rabbit We have never met the defeated
bur know hi brother Jack In this state
who outrun all the BushyheadS that ever snubbed
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